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The Guardian - UK
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Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum

Sudan: 27 reported killed in shelling of market in poor area south of Khartoum

Smoke billows over buildings in southern Khartoum on Monday, amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals.
Smoke billows over buildings in southern Khartoum on Monday, as fighting between the forces of two rival generals continues. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Twenty-seven people have been killed and 106 injured after a market in a poor area south of Khartoum was shelled, according to local residents.

Six tank shells were fired from al-Shajara, one of the few areas the army controls in the Sudanese capital, towards the neighbourhood of Mayo, residents said.

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